(A) For purposes of this section:
(1) The height of a building shall be the vertical distance measured from the mean elevation of the finished grade at the front of the building to the highest point of the building, not to include chimneys, antennas or other rooftop appurtenances; and
(2) The highest point of a building shall be the top of any parapet wall or the highest point of the roof's surface, whichever is greater. Roofs with slopes greater than 75 degrees are regarded as walls.
(B) Except as provided in division (C) below, no building or structure located in one of the town's residential and commercial zoning districts shall exceed a height of 35 feet, measured from ground level to its cornice line, unless authorized by the issuance of a special use permit. Any building or structure exceeding a height of 35 feet, but not exceeding a height of 50 feet shall require a special use permit for authorization to construct said building or structure. Any building or structure in excess of 50 feet shall require a special use permit for authorization to construct said building or structure. In such cases, the depth of the front and total width of side yards required shall be increased one foot for each two feet, or fraction thereof, of building height in excess of 35 feet.
(Ord. passed 4-9-2013; Ord. 2021-03, passed 6-8-2021)